Where do these people come from??
This podcast makes me doubt my love of other Slate productions. Am I really aligning myself with such pretentious twits? Are these really the people that are at the cocktail parties where Emily, John, and Plotz are chattering? If so, I've got to stop my social climbing. The panel is most likely highly knowledgeable but that only occasionally comes through the sneering, condescending commentary. And if they are particularly knowledgeable, I don't see that they use it much to justify the positions they take, it simply isn't very well-reasoned (and please don't choose a topic like basketball again when so profoundly ignorant about the sport). I agree with a previous reviewer that it would be much more interesting hearing the political gabfests take on these issues. It does seem that there is room for a podcast that has a nice discussion on what drives our culture, just not with these people.Read full review »
taz2 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/15/08
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It's no fun to hear anyone talk about subjects they're not really familiar with....let alone in a dry, dull, scorning fashion. Slate's Culture Gabfest is a snooze. For instance, listening to a few intelligent nerds dissect Conan O'Brien, when they know neither his origin nor his...Read full review »
TheMightyKC via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/10/09
I often think that I don't care about the issues they're going to talk about in a given week, but almost always once the conversation is over I've discovered that there was plenty of interesting things to be said. That's a pretty good test of a quality show. I love the interplay...Read full review »
Charles AE via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/28/11
I, for one, love this podcast and never miss an episode. No, the stars are not experts on many subjects they discuss, but they have generally interesting things to say. Many seem to hate Metcalf. I think he's a good host for the show. He (mostly) steers the conversation in interesting...Read full review »
andy_out_there via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/30/09
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